"The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision."

"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been."

"The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it."

"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full."

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The silent observer understands that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a quiet truth that love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude."